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1976 Map of Weatherly

Name: 1976 Topographic Map of Weatherly
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Weatherly sits at the heart of this orthophotoquad, where the tight valley of Black Creek cuts through the high ridges of the Pennsylvania anthracite region. In the mid-1970s, the landscape reveals a stark contrast between the concentrated residential grid of the town and the deeply textured, forested slopes of Round Head Mountain and Penn Haven Mountain. The imagery captures the historic industrial and transportation corridors that defined this area, including the path toward the Lehigh River at Rockport.

Evidence of the region's mining heritage is visible near Eckley and along the flanks of Buck Mountain, where surface disturbances and access roads mark the terrain. To the southwest, the smaller settlement of Hudsondale remains tucked against the base of Broad Mountain, illustrating the persistent pattern of ridge-and-valley settlement where human development is strictly dictated by the steep topography of Carbon County.